Yes - you can create a new, non visible version of the area you are planning to print, and use the PrintJob class to interrogate the particular printer's printable dimensions.
Some more info (Flex 1.5/Flash) here: http://www.sephiroth.it/reference.php?id=505&cat=1 or for Flex 2 http://livedocs.macromedia.com/labs/1/flex/langref/flash/print/PrintJob.html HTH, Alias On 1/17/06, egor_flex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > We are currently using Flex in a large scale project and the issue of > accurate printing has come up. > > When printing out a .swf that has been entered into a Loader object, > when printing only the viewable area of the swf is printed out, i.e. > the size of the browser window with the rest of the image printed as a > grey shape. Interestingly this also happens if the Loader isn't > visible. this is obviously a concern with the app possibly being used > at different screen resolutions. > > I have found the .addPage() workaround for this in the macromedia tech > note: > http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_19241 > , but this raises some issues about it's accuracy (as well as being a > nasty kludge). > > So my question is, is there a way to print a .swf (or anything else > for that matter) in Flex without it being constrained by the size of > the browser window? > > Gk. > > > > > > > -- > Flexcoders Mailing List > FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
